Transition Into University By Looking At Support Systems...

This essay will look into the issues, challenges and approaches about transition into university by looking at support systems available at an institutional level, examples stated in academic literature and to look at tips that first year students can take into university. By looking at the various academic literature I can look into the student experience, support systems available at Westminster, approaches that universities can utilise for support and to look at how these academic literature gives advice into successfully transition into university. Briggs, et al. (2012) states the key challenges and issues are student expectations, encouraging potential students, student diversity, learner identity, university support systems,†¦show more content†¦The report suggests that it can lead to fewer graduating students and less funding which means that these issues and challenges will have an impact on the university not providing the necessary support for these students. Some of the examples of support that can be utilised by universities stated in Whittaker, R., (2013) are collaboration, understanding of the different types of learning and learners’ groups also there is the process of induction, progressive skills development and pre-entry support. This publication is used to show key features of effective support and recommendations to how universities can enhance the support for transition. For example, one of the approaches that university will use to do this is collaboration in which it will provide inductions into higher education with the support of different support services and teaching staff like IT and library staff also student representatives. Secondly it says that there should be understanding between everyone at the university that there are different modes of learning and learner groups which means that the university will provide support to those like oversea students, who may have basic English skills but will need help to a dapt to the level of higher education. In which they will provide a course for those students that need help with this. In a report from Clark, et al.(2010) in which they explore the experience of first years at Newcastle University they provide in detail ways of